Being the Queen is not all about singing and being a diva is not all about singing. It has much to do with your service to people. And your social contributions to your community and your civic contributions as well.
ARETHA FRANKLINGospel goes with me wherever I go. Gospel is a constant with me.
More Aretha Franklin Quotes
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Yes, I’ve always been fashion conscious.
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When God loves you, what can be better than that?
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I love producing, writing. I rarely write with other writers unless I have a real great respect for them. Like Burt Bacharach, or Carole Sager, or Stevie Wonder. Somebody like Smokey – like that. Otherwise, I choose to write alone.
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Better friends than lovers. Sugar can’t you see? You need you and I really need me.
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My heart is still there in gospel music. It never left . . . I’m gonna make a gospel record and tell Jesus I cannot bear these burdens alone.
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I think the hardest thing is losing weight. That’s the hardest thing more than anything else.
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Soul is a constant. It’s cultural. It’s always going to be there, in different flavors and degrees.
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I sing to the realists; people who accept it like it is.
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I’m a big woman. I need big hair.
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My faith always has been and always will be important to me.
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Falling out of love is like losing weight. It’s a lot easier putting it on than taking it off.
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The man who gets me is getting one hell of a woman.
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Parents have to really talk to their children before they leave home.
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Music does a lot of things for a lot of people. It’s transporting, for sure. It can take you right back, years back, to the very moment certain things happened in your life. It’s uplifting, it’s encouraging, it’s strengthening.
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Being a singer is a natural gift. It means I’m using to the highest degree possible the gift that god gave me to use. I’m happy with that.
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